As early as 1760 and as late as 1920, Romantic drama dominated Peninsular Spanish theater. This love affair with Romanticism influenced the formation of Spain's modern national identity, which depended heavily on defining women's place in 19th century society. Women who defied traditional gender roles became a source of anxiety in society and on stage. The adulteress embodied the fear of rebellious women, the growing pains of modernity and the political instability of war and invasion. This book examines the conflicted portrayal of women and the Spanish national identity. Studying the…mehr
As early as 1760 and as late as 1920, Romantic drama dominated Peninsular Spanish theater. This love affair with Romanticism influenced the formation of Spain's modern national identity, which depended heavily on defining women's place in 19th century society. Women who defied traditional gender roles became a source of anxiety in society and on stage. The adulteress embodied the fear of rebellious women, the growing pains of modernity and the political instability of war and invasion. This book examines the conflicted portrayal of women and the Spanish national identity. Studying the adulteress on stage, the author provides insight into the uneasy tension between progress and tradition in 19th century Spain.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tracie Amend is a Spanish professor who has taught at several colleges and universities in the Midwest and Mountain West. As a lifelong lover of the performing arts, she regularly incorporates theater and music into her academic and nonacademic life. She lives in Pocatello, Idaho.
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Table of Contents Preface 1 Introduction: Examining the Romantic Adulteress on Stage 5 One. Modern Spain and Romantic Theater 15 Two. The Delirious Adulteress: Prescient Romantic Tragedy (1800-1810) 40 Three. The Contaminating Adulteress: The Height of Spanish Romantic Tragedy (1811-1839) 77 Four. The Adulteress as Wayward Daughter: Romantic Drama at Mid-Century (1840-1855) 105 Five. The Adulteress as Isabel's Handmaiden: Feminine Duality in the Alta Comedia (1856-1869) 131 Six. The Modern Bourgeois Adulteress: Neoromanticism and the Tragic Melodrama (1870-1895) 156 Epilogue: Romantic Theater in the Twentieth Century: A Brief Overview 185 Conclusion: Tradition versus Progress: The Perpetual Tension in Romantic Theater 193 Chapter Notes 197 Bibliography 209 Index 217
Table of Contents Preface 1 Introduction: Examining the Romantic Adulteress on Stage 5 One. Modern Spain and Romantic Theater 15 Two. The Delirious Adulteress: Prescient Romantic Tragedy (1800-1810) 40 Three. The Contaminating Adulteress: The Height of Spanish Romantic Tragedy (1811-1839) 77 Four. The Adulteress as Wayward Daughter: Romantic Drama at Mid-Century (1840-1855) 105 Five. The Adulteress as Isabel's Handmaiden: Feminine Duality in the Alta Comedia (1856-1869) 131 Six. The Modern Bourgeois Adulteress: Neoromanticism and the Tragic Melodrama (1870-1895) 156 Epilogue: Romantic Theater in the Twentieth Century: A Brief Overview 185 Conclusion: Tradition versus Progress: The Perpetual Tension in Romantic Theater 193 Chapter Notes 197 Bibliography 209 Index 217
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